Dimension Data completes NextiraOne's acquisition

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

Dimension Data completes NextiraOne's acquisition 
According to the latest announcement, Dimension Data has acquired certain subsidiaries of NextiraOne for over 43,000 private and public sector clients throughout Europe. Effective immediately, the two-part transaction will see Dimension Data acquire NextiraOne’s businesses and its 1,850 permanent employees in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Dimension Data has also undertaken to acquire NextiraOne’s operations in France and Italy in mid-2015, subject to the achievement of certain performance conditions. Dimension Data has not disclosed what it paid for NextiraOne.
Brett Dawson, CEO, Dimension Data, said, “Last year, the Group announced that it will double its revenue over the next five years from US$6 billion to US$12 billion. We tripled our business in the last 10 years, and now we are looking to double it through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. The purchase of NextiraOne is the first major step on this five-year journey. With this transaction, Dimension Data will enter new market segments, grow our client base, and add 1,850 talented employees with great skills to the Dimension Data family. It also provides us with the opportunity to expand into the middle market.
NextiraOne will be rebranded to Dimension Data over the next three months. Coulsen maintains his role as CEO of Dimension Data Europe and will lead the integration, while Winn will lead the remaining NextiraOne France and Italy businesses, and, at the same time......See More

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

N Chandrasekaran appointed chairman of Tata Sons

Image
The board of directors of Tata Sons, at its meeting has unanimously appointed N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, Tata Sons. N Chandrasekaran shall take charge from February 21, 2017. The board of Tata Sons said, “Chandrasekaran has demonstrated exemplary leadership as the chief executive officer and managing director, Tata Consultancy Services. We believe he will now inspire the entire Tata group to realise its potential acting as leaders in their respective businesses, always in keeping with our value system and ethics and adhering with the practices of the Tata group which have stood it in good stead.” Chandrasekaran was the chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Consultancy Services since 2009. A Tata lifer, he had joined the company in 1987 and was appointed as a director on the board of Tata Sons on October 25, 2016.
Read more

Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium

Image
Visa buys NFT based CryptoPunk and paid $150,000 in Etherium:  Leader in the digital payments   Visa   has purchased a digital CryptoPunk for $150,000, marking the company's first ever   NFT   purchase. The deal is clearly shows that, Visa is stepping into the world of NFTs with its purchase of   CryptoPunk 7610 .   Going forward, NFTs and Visa to align and integrate them in new brand strategy to gain a sizable market share. However, NFTs have often been compared to physical collectible items like rare trading cards and works of art.   The CryptoPunk 7610, which feBlatures a female punk with a mohawk and large green eyes. "We envision there could be a future where your crypto address becomes as important as your mailing address," Visa's Head of Crypto said.   An NFT - which stands for non-fungible token - is a unique digital asset designed to represent ownership of a virtual item. Unlike bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, NFTs can’...
Read more

Prizm Payment Services changes its name to Hitachi Payment Services

Image
Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd has changed its corporate name from Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Prizm Payment Services”) to Hitachi Payment Services Pvt. Ltd (“Hitachi Payment Services”). “The new name reflects Hitachi’s commitment to business expansion in India, and to build a strong global financial payments offering leveraging the expertise of the Prizm Payment Services acquisition. Hitachi sees immediate potential to grow in the Asian subcontinent markets with the epicentre of growth being India, and migrate into other markets. Also, the name change will have no change on Prizm Payment Services’ operations,” said Loney Antony, Managing Director, Hitachi Payment Services. “Hitachi had acquired Prizm Payment Services with the aim of accelerating global development of IT services businesses targeting financial institutions, particularly in the fast-growing Asian region, and the company has been the gateway of entering into the services business in India for Hitachi. We ...
Read more